Extension of powers

Gerri Kaufman

Notice board

A test of fitness

Dianne Burns

Adolescent mental health

Adele Best

Diagnosing and managing patients with lung cancer

Patricia Hunt

Care of pin sites

Angie Bell, Maria Leader, Hilary Lloyd

Risk-score system for mathematical calculations in intravenous therapy

Paul Lee

Clifford Charles Morgan

Stephen Moss

To judge from the website the nmc is a man-free zone

Brian Boag

Midwifery will remain separate and autonomous

Dame Karlene Davis

Emphasise the emotional and spiritual aspects of caring

Margaret McLean

How many students who drop out later return to nursing?

Edward Smyth

Over-Emphasis on academia may push me to leave course

David Macdonald

Part-Time courses help keep attrition rates low

Rae Binning

Universities could do more to support students

Sharon Hull

A Great example of how nurses can transform lives

Gary Blatch

Free from medication, my mother now enjoys a good quality of life

Jan Varney

Dictionary of Nursing – Second Edition

Siobhan Roe

Study Skills for Nursing and Midwifery Students

Alan Chapman

Doing Clinical Healthcare Research

Irene Mabbott

I have virtually lost pounds

Anne Diamond

Ring of freedom

Simon Daniels

The living should be the priority

Martin Johnson

Starting out - It is only natural to show your emotions and cry sometimes

Jackie Johnson

Top-level secrets have a corrosive effect on the NHS

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - Use and abuse in the fame game

Bríd Hehir, Brendan McMahon, Szczepanska Sue, Steve Flatt

Talking over

Jane Bates

It pays to be crafty if you want a more accurate picture of children’s weight

David Newnham

Eat well at work

Hancock Christine, Cooper Katy, Siegel Karen

Nurses need to understand the care demands of older people

Chris Beasley

You must be joking

May McCreaddie

Forgotten victims

Alison Moore

Innocence lost

Alison Whyte

Safety in numbers

Lynne Wallis

Pregnancy rate from embryo transfer better with acupuncture

Predictors of chronic thrombocytopenia purpura in children

Chilli is the most common trigger for gustatory rhinitis

Improvements in population health help mask inequalities

‘Improvements have been made, but there is still a lot to do’

Out-of-hours palliative care offers choice of a home death

Fear of offence leaves high-risk patients overlooked

Heart failure nurses lower readmissions by 35 per cent

Mothers want more flexible work conditions

Government draws up plans to attract more war zone nurses

Laura Doherty

How to look good naked – and when wearing scrubs

Students are being taught skills by support staff, professor warns

Petra Kendall-Raynor, Christian Duffin

Tools introduced to boost nurses’ numeracy skills

News in brief

Unison fights on after RCN settles dispute over staff downgrading

Image summit announced as peer declines union invitation

At RCN congress

Forum chairs consider motion on staff changes

Opportunity to question NMC chief

Cash-strapped students press for improvements to bursary system

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Malawian nurses struggle to cope with colleagues’ overseas exodus

Multi-year pay deal in jeopardy as health union divisions emerge

Tamsin Snow, Petra Kendall-Raynor

The power of the internet

Tim Madge